Daniele Ielasi swaps asphalt for dirt

In a statement on social media, Italy’s Daniele Ielasi has announced his, possibly temporary, turning away from competition nitro on-road racing. The former IFMAR World and Italian National Champion will concentrate on 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy racing in 2018, campaigning HB Racing’s B817 and E817 kits. Daniele points out that professional 1/8th on-road racing is taking too much of his time, feeling that race preparation counts more than racing itself, something he hopes will be different in off-road racing. About his move Daniele had the following to say:

That’s right. From this year, after 30 exact years of track racing between categories 1/8 on and 1/10 on, it’s time to add a new challenge to my modeling career, off road! I have to admit it was a very difficult decision, but, as often happens in life you come to a point that you must have the strength to make certain decisions that are important to your future, and even if sometimes they may seem too hasty and little sense.

That’s right. From this year, after 30 exact years of track racing between categories 1/8 on and 1/10 on, it’s time to add a new challenge to my modeling career, off road! I have to admit it was a very difficult decision, but, as often happens in life you come to a point that you must have the strength to make certain decisions that are important to your future, and even if sometimes they may seem too hasty and little sense.

But they’re the right thing to do. Today “unfortunately” Category 1/8 runway has arrived at a very high level, where preparation in general counts more than anything, and I personally compared to the past, when I was a pilot at 100 %, I don’t have any more Time (for my work choices) that I can dedicate to the category I love and have always loved more than any other. I would like to point out, though, that it’s not a real good-bye to the track category, I’m going to turn around again, but this year will only be for private testing. So after all this, that’s why the decision to deal with this new challenge, a whole new world that still fascinates me very much and gives me new stimuli, especially because of the difficulty that this category entails for a pilot from the category category. That said, I want to thank my new and old sponsors so much:

Hot Bodies, Schepis Model, Novarossi, Ielasi Tuned, Hot Race, Energy Fuel, Team Orion, Sanwa, APaint

While knowing that for me it’s going to be a very hard path, they still give me confidence in my new adventure, thank you. The first challenge will be the Italian Championship, first test at Corigliano Calabro on March 9/10/11 Spring loads!!!! Stay tuned!!! P.S. a special thanks go to a friend Adrien Crf Bertin …. well he knows why.